Would you trade Gleyber Torres for Jose Altuve? (Q&A)

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It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. What would Yankee fans do if the Yankees got Jose Altuve PERSON? Because they wouldn't be able to chant what they usually chant at him. I mean, there's no way this would ever happen.

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That's one of the weirder questions I think I've ever received in my career. You are Locked on Yankees, your daily New York Yankees ORG podcast.

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Welcome to Locked-on Yankees, which is part of the Locked-on Podcast Network ORG, your team every day. Thank you for making us your first listen every day. I'm Stacey Gatsulis PERSON. With me is my co-host, Brian McKeon PERSON. Six out of seven ain't bad.Not that meatloaf's saying that, but it's close enough.

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Yeah, 7-0 for the Rangers is better than six out of seven against the Astros ORG, but hey, I'll take it.

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Before we get started, don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on whichever podcasting platform you prefer and subscribe to our channel on YouTube ORG. Our numbers are going up a little bit. Also, make sure that you're still subscribed because I had someone contact me and let me know that he hasn't been seeing our episodes in his suggested cue. So keep an eye on that for us and let us know if something's wonky because something's going on with YouTube ORG.So subscribe to the channel, like our videos, hit the bell so you're notified when our videos go up. So coming on today's show, fan mail Friday, of course, we'll be answering your questions. We'll also briefly preview the upcoming series Fanmail Friday, of course, we'll be answering your questions. We'll also briefly preview the upcoming series down in Tampa, but first, we'll talk about the game the Yankees ORG lost, very briefly.

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Yeah, unfortunate loss, I mean, not one that you want, you want to take a sweep in a series, but honestly, two out of three, we discussed this early in the year. Winning series is what's important. And they got the win today. Judge PERSON played well again, which I think is very valuable to watch. The team is a really good team, right?They're going to win their games. Now I want to see guys improving on their overall performance. And you're seeing that out of Aaron Judge PERSON, right? You're seeing that out of Stanton PERSON, honestly. So the more I see that out of the team, yes, they lost. Yes, it's annoying.Stroman PERSON settled in. He didn't get killed, but it looked like he was going to

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early in the game. He settled in. Judge PERSON played really well. The team played really well.

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They lost this game. But you're going to, again, you play 162. You're going to lose games. Sure. I can't hate on them for how well they've played in the last two weeks. Yeah. They just ran up against good pitching. You know, Blanco pitched really well. And the, uh, Houston bull ran up against good pitching. You know, Blanco pitched really well. And the Houston bullpen, who's been struggling, did a pretty good job today. You know, Josh Hader PERSON has really been struggling and he did well to close out that game. And, you know, like you said, it happens. But winning six out of seven for the season series against the Astros ORG, if you take that, yeah,

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you would take that all the time.

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If you told me that before the season, I wouldn't have believed you.

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The only thing that it kind of stinks that I think it kind of doesn't give you a barometer is you like to watch how teams did against opposing teams in the American League ORG to determine how you're going to like their matchup in a postseason series. And if the Astros slip into the postseason and they play the Yankees ORG, now I sit here and they played each other last in May.

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The Astros ORG are going to be a completely different team if they play them in the postseason. They're going to be playing better. They're going to have better players. They're going to make moves to the deadline. So you're not going to really have a good barometer of where these teams line up. But still, six out of seven in a regular season matchup to get six wins out of this team.The Astros still have 13 wins on the season now.

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13 wins.

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And we're midway through May.

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But to your point, the Yankees ORG might look really different when the playoffs start too.

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You know, guys are coming back. They might make moves at the deadline if they keep playing as well as they are. So they may even be a tougher team and might actually, if the Astros ORG do improve and go on some sort of run, maybe this could be the year that the Astros ORG,the Yankees finally beat the Astros ORG in the playoffs. Yeah,

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I mean, I've seen this notion around and I wonder how you feel about it actually, and I wonder how the fans feel about it in the comments. This notion that you don't want to win a World Seriesunless you have to go through Houston GPE, because that's been a thing that's been going around. Again, I think there's personal gratification out of beating Houston in the playoffs on their way to a World Series EVENT. But I don't think you need to beat Houston to value a World Series EVENT.

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Yeah, you don't need to, but I have to say the 09 World Series was much sweeter because the Yankees beat the Angels ORG and the ALCS after the Angels knocked them out a couple times prior. So I think I get that feeling, but it's a World Series EVENT is a World Series. It doesn't matter who you beat to get there.

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I agree. It would feel sweet if they beat Houston GPE, but I don't think you need to beat Houston to make it a valuable World Series EVENT. Go win a World Series EVENT. Again, this might be your easiest path. Now that Houston GPE has seemingly fallen off a little bit, this might be your easiest path.Because even if they get in, they're not nearly as good as they've been in years past.

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Right. Okay. It's fan mail Friday time. And we're going to start with Betty PERSON, as usual, our insider, our main insider who always sends us stuff last minute. This is funny. And it's for you. Let me put it up on the screen so everyone can read it because I was laughing at this because I just love these kinds of questions. Might be too late because I sent a message out saying, get your questions in for Fan Mail Friday.But my question is for Brian, what is your firm criteria for being a true, died in the wool Yankees ORG fan? I'm dying to know if I qualify.

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Yeah, it's interesting because I actually weirdly do have criteria for these kind of things. First of all, and this is a stinger rule that I truly believe, you do not wear a jersey with the name on the back of it.

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I don't know why.

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It is a rule. The Yankees ORG don't wear jerseys with names on the back of it. I don't know why. It is a rule. The Yankees don't wear jerseys with names on the back of them. Therefore, I don't know why you would purchase a 99 judge jersey or a 13 Rodriguez jersey or a two Jeter PERSON. The amount of those. And while those annoy me,they really do. The ones that annoy me more are like the seven mantle ones that you see. Those, those annoy me even more because that never was a thing. That is a stingent thing for me with the Yankees ORG. I would say,I can't say watch, like I've been on this pattern in the last maybe six or seven years where I watch all 162, but I have a problem. I would say, when the Yankees ORG make the playoffs,it's appointment television. Oh, sure. Like, like, there is literally nothing in your life that could stop you from watching that game. And again, these are hard criteria to live up to, Betty PERSON.And I have a really strict, like, level of to this, right? Like, I think most sports fans, like majority of sports fans live their sports life like my girlfriend does, right? Where she watches it for her enjoyment. She loves going to the games and she follows the standings and sees how they're doing, but it doesn't ruin her day if they lose or it doesn't make her world if they win. I am that way.Like a playoff, I will miss a wedding for a postseason game.

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I was like that when I was your age. I've grown out of that and you will eventually.

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I promise you. I don't think so. No that's a different argument. I'm not saying you need a tattoo of the team or anything like that. That's not what I'm saying. But there is, it's just kind of a thing

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you feel and you know, right? Where they are legitimately one of the five most important things in

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the world to you is how good. And it's not, it's not the healthiest way to live your life.

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I'm not. But this is what, this is what sports fandom is. This is what it really is.

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So true, true, true, die hard. That is my definition. That's not saying that people who are just regular fans and love the sport and love the Yankees ORG aren't also valuable fans. They are. But you want to know my definition of true, true, true diehard.You're not wearing the names on the jerseys. You're stopping its stands before every game. You're, you know, you just, you breathe the fabric of the team. You know the history. Like you, you, and postseason baseball, I'm not saying regular season because you're going to miss games.Postseason baseball, there's, there is little to none that makes you not watch that game. Like, think what are the plans that for a Yankee World Series game, Stacey PERSON? What are the plans in life that have to have to be going on for you to not watch that game? Honestly.

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I was going to say giving birth, but I probably would have made them put the game on in the delivery room.

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Yeah, I'm not kidding. If my girlfriend was giving would have made them put the game on in the delivery room. Yeah, I'm not kidding. If my girlfriend was giving birth, I would have the game on in the room. I'd be there to support her, but the game will be on in the room. I've already told her, though, we don't try and conceive if it's nine months out of October. Like it's these are like these are rules you have to keep, you know? Like, um, you, you don't do that, right?Um, what are the, what are the other things? Like a funeral. Okay. You, like, if it's a really important family members funeral, you can um, you, you don't do that, right? Um, what are the, what are the other things? Like, a funeral. Okay, you, like, if it's a really important family members funeral, you can miss the word, you can miss the world series game. But that's even like a tough one. That's one of those where I'm still stepping outside and checking the score, right?Like, be honest with yourself.

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I don't mean to say that I'm lucky, but my father died October 2014 and thankfully the Yankees ORG didn't make the playoffs. It's just, so you got lucky, I guess.

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It was a weird sense, right? But there are, there are unbelievably amount. I've told my sister that if she gets married during the Yankee ORG, during Yankee World Series game or a Rangers Stanley Cup finals game, I will not be there for the gap of time in between that game. Now, I love my sister to death. And I will certainly be there for the gap of time in between that game. Now, I love my sister to death.And I will certainly be there before the game starts. And I will certainly be there at the time after the game is over. But that seven to 10 o'clock window when they're playing, you're not going to see me.

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Right.

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Happens. Yep. But yeah, Betty PERSON, I'd love to discuss more if you want to go into diehard fandom. I'm all about it. Let's go to the next one. He's from David F.Guys, do you see the Yankees keeping Stanton in the everyday lineup when Dominguez and DJ PERSON return? Assuming his hitting remains the same. Personally, I think he needs to be at 250 or above, and I don't see him getting there. I got a strong opinion on this. Go ahead, Stacey PERSON.

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I think your opinion is the same as mine. He doesn't need to be too. He's not going anywhere.

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No. No offense to Dominguez PERSON, but I don't think he's going anywhere for Dominguez. And he's

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certainly not going anywhere for DJ PERSON either. Yeah, I mean, you're saying this on the contingency that

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DJ hits 250. Well, I don't know if he's going to hit 50, but also, can we stop with the Stanton PERSON hate? Yeah. You know what I mean? Um, he's,

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yes, he's hitting 240, but he's got nine home runs on the year. He's got like over 20 RBI.

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We would have killed for 240 last year. Yeah. Like, and, and if this is what Stanton, you realize

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Stanton's on pace for like 43 homers in like 97 RBIs.

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You're not going to take that with 240. He, I mean, don't get me wrong. Can't run, can't play the field,all those things. He's still one of the better power hitters in baseball. Let's call a spade of spade, right? I mean, did you see the home run that he hit last night?The ball flew out of the ball still hasn't landed. I mean, so I don't know. I don't think they're keeping standing going into two years from now. I don't. But I mean, to sit here and say they're going to, he's not going to make the everyday lineup.If he's healthy, he will be playing the rest of the season. He will. There's no doubt my mind. Right.

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I don't think they wind up moving Parazza PERSON. I think he's gotten to that point where they don't move him in a trade package unless it's the right package.

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He plays well enough.

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His position is good enough in the field. They're not moving him unless it's for the right guy. So I don't think Paraza PERSON has a chance of being moved. I'd be, if you might ask me, I'd be stunned.

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Right. Right.

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I love Glaber.

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I really do.

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I would love for him to be a Yankee ORG.

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But the Yankees held on to Volpe and Paraza PERSON for a reason when they made that trade that everyone hated two seasons ago when they traded away Gary Sanchez PERSON and Gio Orchella and got back Josh Donaldson and IKF and Ben Roortvet. And they held on to these two for a reason. And I think that Paraza PERSON, what he finally gets a chance to play and regularly play and can stay healthy. I feel like him and Volpe up the middle will be such a good combination for years to come.

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Yeah, I'd hope so. And you got to remember, too, they're really crunched up against the cap next year. They really, really, really are. And especially if you're going to wind up signing Soto PERSON, which I think they're going to be all in on. There's not a lot of maneuverability that they're going to have next off season. So the chances of Glabor staying look more and more, more slim as the days go on.I don't think he gets moved in July, but I can't imagine anything. I think labor is just going to play this season out. And honestly, if you're a Glaver fan, you want him to stay as Yankee ORG, you're hoping he has a poorer season. So he signs a one-year prove-it deal to stay here again. Because that, to me, is their only chance of them a Glaver fan, you want him to stay as Yankee, you're hoping he has a poorer season, so he signs a one-year prove-it deal to stay here again.

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Because that, to me, is their only chance of them keeping Glaver Torres PERSON. By the way, I was wrong. We have one more insider question. You can read it.

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Eric S.S. And Stan continues to hit, would you let the Martian get more seasoning in AAA ORG or bring him up? I think Dominguez PERSON is a major leaguer.

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I think he's proven that to you.

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I don't think he needs the seasoning. He had four home runs in like 30 at bats to start his career last year.

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I think he's a major leagueer. I think he's proven it to you. And I think what happens is Verdugo PERSON slides into the perfect role for Verdugo. He becomes a bench piece. He becomes your bench piece.Your starting outfield is Dominguez and left, judge in center, and Soto PERSON and right. And genuinely, I think Verdugo becomes one of the better fourth outfielers in the entire league. Like legitimately. That's what he, because he is a really good hitter. He takes a lot of pitches. He has power impact into his game.He is a tremendous fielder. I think he becomes a guy that comes in late in games and is a fourth outfielder. And I think he takes over for Verdup for Dominguez PERSON late in games because they're not going to want Dominguez PERSON, you know, unleashing and letting his arm loose and all those kind of things late in games. I think that's the plan.Because other than that, where else does Dominguez PERSON playing? Right. But I don't know.

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And I think he's too good to go to AAA ORG. Hmm. Yeah, that's good to go to AAA ORG. Hmm. Yeah, that's going to see. Things are going too well.

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Yeah.

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Things are going too well for the Yankees ORG. It's like they have too many people and it's kind of like, where am I going to fit all these people? That's the problem. And it's nice that they have this problem.

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Good problem I have.

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Yes. It's a very good problem to have. Okay. Now we're moving into YouTube ORG. First question, Martin Ober PERSON. Hi, it's a very good problem to have. Okay, now we're moving into YouTube. First question, Martin Ober. Hi, Stacey and Brian.Don't you think the Yankees ORG should consider trading for another starting pitcher because Clark Schmidt PERSON cannot pitch deep into games as a result, the bullpen gets burnt out? No.

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No.

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I don't think they need.

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No.

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You're going to, quote, unquote, trade for one of the best pictures in baseball

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or statistically the best pitcher in baseball because of the Siong PERSON.

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In late May,

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in early June, you're going to get him back. No, I don't think they need another starting pitcher right now. Now, I think there's a chance they add one at the deadline like every team does,but it's not going to be a high-end guy. It's going to be an inning's either lower in the, lower in the rotation. I don't think they need another starter.

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I don't think so either. I think Schmidt's been really good for a fifth starter. And plus the bullpen has length.

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You're not really burning the bullpen out. They have length. There's no pitcher that you're going to put in that you're going to eat innings. Every pitcher in their bullpen is good. So no, I don't think there's necessary.

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They also have guys coming back to the bullpen.

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They have more bullpen arms coming.

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Yeah, you're still waiting on.

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It's another issue where they have guys coming back.

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And it's like, well, where are they going to put these guys?

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Are they going to send someone else down?

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Like, it's an abundance of riches.

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Yeah. Yeah, there's no, to me, there's no, you leave it as is. I mean, again, there could be injuries and stuff like that, but leave it as is. And they've got, they've got great pitching in the minor leagues, too, that they can rely on. You don't really necessarily need to go expend, trade away your prospects for another starter. You want to do it for a bullpen guy to bolster it up a little more. I see. But you know,you got to wait, too, because you don't know who's going to get hurt. You don't know what issue is going to arise. You just don't know what it's going to look like.

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You know, if the Astros keep stinking, maybe the Yankees can get Hater PERSON.

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Not on a new deal, but I wanted Hater in the off season. I really wanted Hater in the off season.

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Robbie PERSON Garns, 773, 2 says, hey, guys, my question is about Garrett, Cole, spelled a, it's Garrett, Robbie.

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We are obviously waiting his return with bated breath, but with so many of our boys stepping up in the rotation,

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which at present has the second best ERM baseball, to the end the Yankees ORG believe we'll be even more careful about bringing him back. Could we be looking at a slightly longer rehab stint than we would be otherwise? Thanks and keep you have the great analysis. No.

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No.

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Garrett Cole PERSON is the best pitcher in baseball. You don't, he doesn't, his career, his season doesn't halt for anybody. He comes back when he's ready to come back. It doesn't matter how good everybody looks because if they're second in baseball without him, they'd be first with him. Right.You're not going to see Gary Cole PERSON leaving. They're not going to take longer. Also, you don't need longer for a rehab start as a pitcher, right? Like, he needs to just pitch and come back when he's ready. They're not going to also, they're not going to force it, right? He's going to come back and he's going to throw five innings and then they'll push him to six and they'll push him to seven.He's not going to come back and just start throwing all out all guests.

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Right. And I'm going to put him in and keep him in for a hundred pitches. And yeah, they're going to ramp him up. Exactly.

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Every,

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but no,

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you don't hold him. You don't hold him back. No.

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Not Garrett Cole PERSON.

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Like he's going to pitch when he's ready. That's it.

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Yep. Yep. And he'll be.

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Coming up next. Oh, go ahead, Stacy.

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No, that's fine. He'll be, he'll be ready. It's going to be great. And like you said,it's almost like they're trading for a pitcher. Yeah.

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Yeah. They're trading for the picture they should have traded for in 2018.

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Coming up next, answering more of your questions, and we'll be previewing the series in Tampa GPE.

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able to chant what they usually chant at him? I mean, there's no way this would ever happen.

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That's one of the weirder questions I think I've ever received in my career. I love you, Thomas PERSON. Thank you for listening. But are you trolling? I have to ask. Because I don't, I don't, are you trolling?Because there's, there's no way that there's no way.

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There's no way that Jose Altuva can play for the yankees no it couldn't happen no i mean i'm not i'm okay with trading spencer jones but if he's in

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a package for jose al-tovay and no if oh no that's no i mean i don't think the astros i don't

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know if the astros would trade with the yankees, but if they really just can't get better.

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There's no way they would do it.

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And they're selling.

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It wouldn't be Jose Al Tuvei PERSON.

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They wouldn't trade Altuva PERSON anyway.

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They just signed him to an extension.

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Yeah.

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They would never, he's one of their franchise superstars.

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And they would never treat him. But also. That'd be like trading Jeter PERSON. Yeah.

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Yeah. But I mean, no be like trading Jeter PERSON. Yeah, yeah, but I mean... No. Let's move on.

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I can imagine it. No. I couldn't imagine it either.

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Okay. The next one.

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Kid X-07. Hey, Stacey and Brian. This is Rob PERSON. I was the fan who posted about who would your five starters be if heel keeps pitching the way he's pitching. Sorry for the name change. This is what the name was supposed to be. But I agree with Stacey PERSON. Nestor PERSON would be the odd man out for me.But what do you guys think about Nestor PERSON backing up? Clark out of the pen since Clark can't get through six innings. I know it's unorthodox, but just a thought. Didn't I jokingly suggest that?

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I mean, there are guys in the league now that do still struggle to get through six innings.

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There are a lot of them. We talked about this in the, was it the preview for the Tiger ORG series?

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Right? Yeah, it's not. It's not uncommon.

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I seriously still think it's Louise Heel PERSON that winds up being the bullpen piece. I do.

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Even though he's pitching this well, I think his stuff translates really well to a bullpen. It does.

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Electric fastball, really hard to hit. I think he translates really well to a bullpen. It does. Electric fastball, really hard to hit. I think he translates really well to a bullpen. I actually kind of want to see it. I'm not going to lie. I still think he's the piece. And again,the lack of experience, too. Like, I think that does play into the Yankees ORG' decision. They're going to look at the guy in Lucia PERSON with the less experience.

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I can't picture him being a guy. I mean, but who knows? If he's pitching to a two ERA going into June July, how do you justify taking him out of the rotation? It's going to be a really tough decision. I do think when you're going to see a six-man rotation longer than you expect.

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Cole PERSON's not going to come back and they're going to go straight to five. When Cole comes back,

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they're going to let it branch out for six for a while and then they'll condense it. Yeah, because like we said earlier, he's not going to come back and they're going to go straight to five. When Cole comes back, they're going to let it branch out for six for a while and then they'll condense it.

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Yeah, because like we said earlier, he's not going to come back in and start pitching, you know, seven innings, 100 pitches.

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They're going to ramp them up.

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So, yeah, it would be a few turns through the road.

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I'd expect his first start to be like 70 pitches. Yeah.

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Which might last him into the fifth.

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Yeah. Rob Gleese PERSON, he's our last question. He says, what's the most memorable game you attended in person? I was at game one of the 2000 World Series as well as the clinching game of the ALCS that same year. But the most memorable one for me was the day of Thurman Munson's funeral back in August to 79. Munson was my favorite player before he died, and Mercer PERSON became my next favorite player after that game.That is an unbelievable thing that you were at that game, by the way. I mean, that's, I hope you, uh, it's sad that cell phones didn't exist for the reason of no pictures for that.Because that, that's, I mean, an incredible experience. For me, um,there's many games that I can think of. Like, if I go regular season, I was at the 9-1 comeback when Ellsbury PERSON hit that home, at that grand slam. Oh,

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I guess Baltimore ORG.

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Yeah. Yeah, I was at a, there was a Mets Phillies ORG game that I went to where Roy Holiday took a perfect game into the eighth. That was incredible. The best game that I've ever been to, there's two.The wild card game in 2017. You can't, the DD home run, the Gardner PERSON walked to lead it off. There's nothing that can be. You literally felt the stands shake.

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You literally felt the stand's shake.

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I went to so many playoff games in 2017. I was at the Greg Bird PERSON home run in that, and in that game five. I was at the next best one, and I think this might be the best game I ever went to, it was the game five against Houston GPE to send it back to Houston.Oh, yeah.

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Sunny Gray pitched and the Yankees were down four to one going into the seventh. And Gary Sanchez PERSON had a huge double. Judge PERSON had a huge double off the wall. That was one of the more memorable games I've ever been to. I was there one of my best friends. We had great seats.

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That game will never escape my memory. That's, to me, one of the best friends. We had great seats. That game will never escape my memory. That's, to me, one of the best games I've ever seen.

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Like Rob, I was at Game 1 of the 2000 World Series EVENT. That was my first World Series EVENT game that I attended. That was fun. I still say the best game that I ever went to, the most memorable, was game four of the 01 World Series, where Tino PERSON hit the home run to

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tie and Jeter PERSON hit the home run to win. The old stadium, we were up in the upper deck

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by the foul pole in left, and the whole upper deck was bouncing.

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Yeah, rumbling. Like, it's terrible. And this girl behind us, like, fell to her seat and freaked

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out because she thought the stadium was going to collapse. And I explained to her, I said, no, it's better that it's moving because if it wasn't moving, it'd be worse. And she was like, it's okay. We're fine. We're going to be fine. Although in the back of my head, I was going, wouldn't it be something? I've only, I've only heard

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the new stadium, felt the new stadium shake a few times. And those were the two ones. I mean, I've been to, I mean, I went out to Ranger FAC again the other night in double overtime. That was one of the more memorable games that I've ever been to.

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I've been to a lot of memorable Jets ORG games. It's really hard to say with all sports, but that wild card game is hard to beat.

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Mereble Jets ORG games. What? Yeah,

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I was at the 10th anniversary of 9-11 EVENT, the Jets Cowboys ORG come back. Oh,

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I was at, you know, even other players, right? I was at Brett Farbs PERSON, record-breaking touchdown pass on the Monday night game.So I've been to a lot of memorable. I had jet season tickets as a kid, so I grew up going on most jet games. Oh, poor thing. I'm so sorry.

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I know, yeah. That's the one fault my dad had in raising me. But I, I mean, there's so many. I've been to, I've been to 181 baseball games now. I actually count. And it was a big deal for me.This is a real, you want to get really into nerdy baseball talk. It was a big deal for me when I went to my 162nd baseball game.

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Right, because it's a full season.

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And so many people that I knew were like, it's not, no one cares. And I was like, no, it's a big deal.

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I really wish I had counted because, you know, going back to 83 being my first season going, and the first day I went was a double header. And they won both. And, you know, went to at least as a kid, 10 games a season from that point on. And then there was a little bit of a lull there in the early 90s, but we still went to games. It just wasn't as much. Plus, I was a teenager.I didn't want to be with my parents. And then I got season tickets starting in 99, partial season tickets.

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So every Sunday home game,

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opening day, um, old timers day, uh,

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at least one game of every playoff round.

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So I've been to a lot of games.

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Yeah, I've, I've, I've, to a, I still have my season ticket plan. I have the 20 game Friday night plan and everything. The best part of it is getting playoff tickets for face value. You can actually go for an affordable price.

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Weird question, though.

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How was it, though, being around when you can get a World Series EVENT ticket for a reasonable price? Because now, now, I mean, when you go to the secondary market, it's two grand to get into a World Series EVENT game.

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Oh, yeah, yeah.

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Whereas I've heard stories from my uncle, who was a big Yankee ORG fan, and he would tell me that he was going to World Series games for $100, $50.

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It's a world that I'm very jealous of. Yeah, that's one advantage to being old. We got to see stuff like that. So the Yankees are in Tampa this weekend, and Clark Schmidt is pitching Friday night. It's a 650 start.

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So if you were to turn the game on at 705, you'd be like, whoa, whoa, it's the second inning already. So what are these times come up with?

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These times are so strange.

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I don't know.

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He is facing Taj Bradley PERSON, who's making his major league debut.

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So that's exciting.

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But he's on the race.

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So he definitely throws 106 miles an hour with a slider that goes.

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And we never heard of him.

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Yeah, right.

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He's one of the guys that they grew in the lab. We'll find that out on Friday.

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And they'll trade him in two years and he'll be like, what the heck are they doing? And then he'll have a 70RA.

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Right, right. Saturday afternoon is a 410 start. That is Nestor Cortez against Zach Lattel PERSON. Zach Lattel is one and two with the three ERA. Nestor is one and three with three. They both had, let's see, their starts were kind of similar last time. Lattel, six innings, six hits, one run, zero walk, seven strikeouts, didn't get a decision against the Mets ORG.Cortez, six and one third, three hits, two runs, one walk, nine strikeouts, didn't get a decision against the Mets. Cortez, six and one third, three hits, two runs, one walk, nine strikeouts. Didn't get the decision against Detroit, but the Yankees ORG ended up winning that game. And then Sunday afternoon, a 140 start. What is it?

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Yeah, Louise Heel PERSON against our favorite guy, TBD.

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He's tough.

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He's tough.

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He's really tough. Yeah.

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Travis Barney Donaldson PERSON, he's a tough guy to go against.

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Yeah. And as we know about heel, he beat Houston the other night, six innings, one hit, one run, four walks, five strikeouts. So, yeah, Yankees down in my least favorite ballpark in baseball. So it should be a fun weekend.

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You've been there, right? I have not. I will never set foot in that place.

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Really? I've been there, right? I have not. I will never set foot in that place. Really? I've been there twice.

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Not impressive. Yeah, no.

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I can't.

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I don't even like watching it on TV. It's just so ugly to me. You're not missing much.

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It really is. It's ugly. One more time before we end the week, because it's Friday, don't forget to join the Lockton Yankees Insiders Club ORG. There's a link in the description and a 14-day free trial. You get text from us.You can text us questions for Famil Friday, obviously. And if you don't want to join the Lockdown Insiders Club ORG, Locked on Yankees Insiders Club, you can leave your questions under the PIN comment on our videos on YouTube ORG, Monday through Thursday. I did it every day this week. I'm very proud.And you can catch the Yankees hometown broadcast on Sirius XM ORG by downloading the SiriusXM app and searching for Yankees ORG. If I did not get to your question, it's because some of them were redundant and similar to questions that we answered or we didn't have time. And I apologize, but we're already over and we need to end the show. Coming up next week, recapping the series against the race, previewing the series against the Minnesota Twins in Minnesota GPE. And of course, we'll be updating you about what's happening on the farm forMiner's Monday. So that's going to do it for this edition of Lockdown Yankees. I'm Stacey Gautzulius PERSON. And I'm Brian McKean. We'll see you guys on Monday. Hey, Prime members, you can listen to this locked on podcast ad free on Amazon ORG music.

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